The Straits Times, 9 February 1954

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    16 1 A' lie** 1 The Straits Times Established 1845 SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1954. PRICK 15 CENTS
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    NEW BLOW AT BANDITS
    284 1 Curfew aims to foil escape and spy system RIGID CLAMP-DOWN IPOH, Monday. RIKING a blow at i terrorist warming and escape system, ;i 2 1-hour perimeter curfew damped on 15.000 people in the Chemor j ithin a ten-mile radius of Ipoh. at 6 a.m. j tod
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    Soviet spy ring smashed
    226 1 Soviet spy ring smashed OSLO, NORWAY— Mon iRWEGI \n ->. untv police h.ive broken up > Soviet rinu operatins i" f'e mit; m North Atlantic Iv- tnisatlon's rtrate- th. i headsjaarten. ni h d Been andet sai ice iii the Oslo area .-nr time. The croup of sons were arrested
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    Bandits' biggest supplier killed
    196 1 Bandits' biggest supplier killed KAMPAR, Mon. THE terrorists' biggest L supplier in the Kampar area was killed last night by a combined West Yorkshire and police party as he was about to deliver to the bandits a large consignment of food and medical supplies. Hp was Kwa Hons Bee, 30
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    Woman, 56 stabbed
    62 1  -  MASKED MAN BY Singapore police are searching for a masked man who early yesterday morning stabbed and mbbed a Chinese woman. Tan Swee Keow. at a lonely spot in Henderson Road. Detectives who reached the scene soon after the assault found no trace of the knifeman. Tan.
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    Hotel chief is gaoled
    53 1 JAKARTA. Mon. The Soerabaya Court of Justice yesterday sentenced to 20 days" imprisonment J. F. Faubel. agent of the Dutch Nationale HandeLsbank and Director of the Simpang Hote\ He was accused of letting three rooms without licence and failing to place Sr>erabaya'.s municipality licence near the
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    Mau "brigadier' is killed
    44 1 NAIROBI. Mon. British Security Forces yesterday kiiled Mau Mau leader "Brigadier Batu" and 17 of his henchmen in a running gun battle in the woods around Karntina. The "Brigadier' l ..as one of the three colourful'y-named in the district.-- A.P.
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    Whisky stolen
    26 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon— Ten bottles of whisky worth $140 were stolen from the Selan^or Residency yesterday following i a party, police said today. I
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    No developments in Press walk-out
    241 1 THERE were no further developments yesterday in I the illegal strike of composing room and other staff of the Straits Times Press. Ltd. At noon the president of the Singapore Printing Employees' Union. Mr. Oscar Fernandez, saw the managing director. Mr. A. C. Simrron... and
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    Call at Paris
    25 1 PARIS. Mon. -The Canadian I Prime Minister. M. Louis St. Laurent, arrived here by air from London for a three-day visit. Reuter.
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    CRASH-LANDED BRITANNIA LYING IN THE MUD
    60 1 i THIS AIRVIEW shows the A: 800.000 Britannia, propellrr- turbine airliner still lying in the muddy foreshorr at I nil' ton-l'pon-Severn. Gloucestershire. The plane crash-land-ed there after the starboard inner encinc caught fire durinc a test flight Of the 14 people aboard, one was
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    Board to meet on 'free' rice
    206 1 MEMO FROM CHINESE TRADERS KUALA LIMPIR. Monday. pHE Central Advisory Committee on Trade and Supplies will meet on Wednesday to discuss the question of decontrolling rice in the Federation Mr. J. M. Gulllek. Controller iTrado Divisions told the Straits Times today that the J
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    Big check on 300,000 is started
    90 1 Big check on 300,000 is started Kuala Lumpur. Mon. CHECKS on the movement ol Koala Lumpur residents began today. The first returns of records will be a week later. Col. J. D. Stewart. State Tenants' Registration Officer, told the Straits Times. Anyone .staying a night or more outside his horn
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    Plot in Beirut: Police alerted
    48 1 BEIRUT, Mon. Lebanese security forces today increased the guards of Foreign Embassies and Legations in Beirut following the arrest last night of ten men alleged to be plotting sabotage. Police were ordered to fire on any "suspicious persons" I who approached them. RevIter.
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    39 TERRORISTS SURRENDER
    146 1 Highest number since August KUALA LUMPUR. Monday. THIRTY-NINE terrorists gave up last month— the x highest number since last August. The surrenders included five branch committee member:,, onp district committee member and one branch committee secretary. A wounded terrorist surrendered to a tapper in the Ayer Puteh
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    Georgi stands
    32 1 MOSCOW. Mon— Mr. Georgi Malenkov. the Soviet Prime Minister, announced yesterday he will stand for the Leningrad electoral district of Moscow in the Supreme Soviet elections. He is unopposed— Renter.
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    Fled Legion and cheated death-all on his birthday
    265 1 Fled Legion and cheated death-all on his birthday WERNER Herman Lemburgh will not forget his 27 th birthday which he celebrated yesterday. For yesterday he was saved Irom death when he was picked up by the Panam; man freighter Oriental Dr;.gon six miles from Singapore. lerman told the Straits llmeil
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    Ceylon's 'no' to Red alliances
    48 1 COLOMBO. Mon— Mr. Miknail Meashkov. Soviet Ambassador to India, who is visiting Ceylon, has been told by Sii John Kotelawala. the Prime Minister, that Ceylon has no intention of entering into diplomatic relations with any Communist country, according to reliable sources here. —Reuter.
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    Beer drinkers: 'Shadow of old'
    44 1 LONDON. Mon. Britons drank 899.000.000 gallons ol beer last year, about 19 sallons a person. The Brewers' Society said the drinkers were only a shadow of the old timers who averaced 32 gallons a year a half-century ago.— AP.
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    He wants it all
    31 1 HOLLYWOOD. Mon. Howard Hughes, holder of the controlling interest in RKO Pictures Corp.. has announced an offer to buy out the rest the stockholders for US$23.--50(..000. A.P.
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    BRITISH WIFE DIES AFTER SHOOTING
    179 1 BRITISH WIFE DIES AFTER SHOOTING MRS. G COOPER, wife of a British Army Corporal, was shot in a Malay house which she occupied with her husband in Johore Bahru on Sunday night, and died yesterday in hospital. The Johore CID and army investigators are making inoiuries. She only arrived in
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    Suez agreement 'very near'
    53 1 NEW DELHI. Mon.— Britain and Egypt are "very near agreement" on the Suez Canal question, Mr. K. M. Panikkai. until recently Indian Ambassador in Egypt, said here 'oday Mr. Panikkar said: "Tne last lap is the mast difficult but I do not see any reason to
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    Jet crashes—3 die
    25 1 Jet crashes— 3 die OXFORD. Mon. A giant United States B-47 jet bomb.T crashed into a wood near hertoday, killing the crew of three. —Reuter.
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    Three to die for murder
    203 1 Guilty verdict on 1 woman rejected KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. I THREE SIKHS Pa jane 1 Singh, Charan Sinch and Bahadur Singh were sentenced to death by Mr. Justice Bellamy In the Supreme Court hrre today for 'Ik* murder if a cattle-owner. Delbara Singh, at Kundang
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    Turbojet engine is salvaged
    72 1 BRISTOL Mon. The tht made more difl.euit salvage ol Britann. i .>'■ airliner whicn j crashlanded near here on Thursday. Salvage men floundered Inches deep in rrelted snow and mud to unbolt the inner starboard turbojet enginfrom the win^. It was lifted |out by a winch
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    THE RED-FACED RED
    81 1 SUNGEI PATANI. Mon A naked bandit esc.\prri last night under rover of cun(ire provided b> two olhrr terrorists. A poli<-«- party patrolling the perimeter of Kejai New Village in Baling suddenly saw a nude man who failr,] to slop when challenged. When the) opened fire two Irrrorisis
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    WEST SETS PRICE ON 'PEACE' TALKS WITH CHINA
    411 2 WEST SETS PRICE ON 'PEACE' TALKS WITH CHINA Korea, Indo-China vital OIGH officials last night 1 Allies have set a price foi China. It is that the Peking rei in a Korean settlement < revolutionary armies of Ho leader. The West wants ar BERLIN. Monday, reported that the Western r
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    A picture for the album
    27 2 THh QI'EKN. with the Duke of Edinburgh, leavI ing Sydney Government I buildings after opening Parliament. Australian official photo. l HtMlllKlltlli IMlllt
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    Reds move jets near Indo-China
    153 2 TOKYO. Mon. CHINESE CommunisU have shifter! some of their Uus- sian-huill jet fichtrrs to I South China airfields within striking distance of Indochina. The MIGs were reported ;it a •-tring of newK built bases and fighter strips in Kwangsi i Province. There have been no
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    Dance to aid T.B. fund
    55 2 I TAIPING MOO The Mafl of the Medical and Health Departments here arc r>r;.in:<ns a gala dance •-> hr held at the Town Hal', m \!arch 6 In aid Of Lady Trmpier T.B. Hospital Fund. Donations can be sent to the Honorary Secretary. Mr. Gan
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    Taiping plans first-aid classes
    41 2 TAIPING. Mon The Ta;pine Detachment of the British Red Cross Society will hold flr>t-aid classes at the St Georae's Institution Those who want to ioin should forward their names to Miss Ireson. T-ainine Organi- District Office. Taipin^
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    'MERRIE ENGLAND' PLAYERS MOBBED
    185 2 Mistaken for Royalty SYDNEY. Mon. TWO actresses were mobbed at Manly, a Sydney suburb yesterday by a crowd who thought they were members of the royal party. Five hundered people had been waiting outside Far Wpst Children s Home after a rumour that the Queen and
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    General's visit
    23 2 Lieutenant-Genera: Sir Char les Loewen. CommaniiT-'.ri-Chief Far East Land Forces left Singapore vesterdft? Indo-China He will be awry, about a week.
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    'Take care' warning to Johore doctors
    183 2 PATIENT COMPLAINED OF THREAT' JOHORE BAHRU. Monday. VfEDICAL officers in Johore have been warned to aTI take rare how thry speak to their staff and patients, a spokesman for the Medical Department stated today. The warning follows allegations at last week's StatP Council that
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    100 LEARN HOMECRAFT
    43 2 KOTA BAHRU. Mon— A hundred Malay women from all over Kelantan began a course in homecraft during the week-end at the premise* Of the Persrkutan Kaun Ibu Kota Bahru. The Krlantan branch of the Women's Institute is sponsoring the course.
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    Writer found with dead woman
    46 2 NEW YORK. Tues-Max-wtll Bodenheim. a writer of the 1920s was found dead yesterday beside the body of' a woman in a cheap East Side furnished room Bodenheim. 63. had been «hot in the che.st and the woman stabbed in the back.
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    Ritson pay rises for us too, they will ask
    116 2 17EDERATTON Govrrnment F employees will soon ask for Day rises similar to those recently approved for their Singapore counterparts, based on thp recommendations of *(r Edward Pitson. This claim, when submitted, is likely to touch off the nonpensionab'o expatriation allowance dispute
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    Man accused of murder
    42 2 MOHAMED Sharif! bin Mohamrd Kassim was tentatively charged in a Singapore court yesterday w.th thp murder of Loy Sin Whcnc it the uinctinn of Kamponr anrt Dr\sk' op the nic Mob ami 48 hi. Thf* t:on on Wrdnr
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    It's easier to find husbands nowadays
    132 2 LONDOI BRITISH girls "better rhann inc. than gii pration ago probahl. n and are mon br divoi I day ii England v years W, to I The i". r cline in popul i expected in years. Rate up Marrl cent, up o n part.
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    Red troops ready to quell E. German food riot
    371 3 Red troops ready to quell E. German food riot THREAT OF FAMINE BERLIN, Monday. gAST (Jcrman and Soviet units rumbled into position around Berlin yesterday ready to HWUuk any workers' rebellion over a threatened potato famine and the toujjh Communist stand on (Germany at the Bijf Four conference. Informed sources
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    'TERROR OF LABIS' SHOT DEAD
    29 3 AN ELEPHANT which terrorised Johore Labis Estate was shot dead by the came, ranerrs last week-end. Picture shows the r.in.n- with the dead elephant.
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    The Pope Still improving
    44 3 The Pope Still improving ROME Mon. Improvement in the condition of Pope Pius XII continued today, it was learned The Pope, who has been ill for the past fortnight, rested well during the night and took some tea>poonfuls of liquid i this morning Renter.
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    'PAY EVA PENSION' -HITLER
    131 3 BERLIN. Mon 4 DOLF HITLER wrote a will r\ when Eva Braun was 1". •rdering the Nazi Party to pay ler a monthly pension of .000 Reichsmark ($1,200 tfter his death, it was dlsiosed yesterday. His handwritten testament. lated May 2. 1938. has turned ip in
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    Kenya Europeans want new govt.
    271 3 AFRICANS IN 'CABINET 1 PLAN NAIROBI. Monday. VfR. Wilfred Havelock, chairman of the European x elected members on the Kenya Legislative Council, said yesterday re-organisation of the Kenya Government was a vital necessity. "We can go to London and be given authority in a fort-
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    Reds take Laos town
    45 3 PARIS. Mon. Communist troops have occupied the town of Attopeu in Southern Laos only about 60 kilometres from the Cambodian frontier. The small garrison of French and Laotian troops evacuated the town undi»i pressure from a battalion of Vietminh regulars.— Reuter.
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    A sleeping bag for Hillary
    53 3 OTTAWA. Mon. Sir Edmund Hillary, the con queror of Mount Everest, was presented with a sleepinu bag this afternoon by Canada's External Affairs Minister. Mr. Lester B. Pearson Another la being sent to London for Sir John Hunt and on- 1 to New Delhi for
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    Car Sales Up
    28 3 NEW YORK. Mon- -Sales of Sunbeam-Ta'ibot cars in th° US have more than doubled Mr Brian Rootes. export director for the Roots Corporation reports. AP.
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    Spy files may lead to new trials
    180 3 WASHINGTON. Mon -The Attorney General of the United States. Mr. Herbert Brownell I Jnr.. said yesterday that the Justice Department was reviewing for possible prosecution the case of every person mentioned in Federal Bureau of Investigation reports on Harry Dexter White and other
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    MARRIED IN STORE YESTERDAY
    36 3 Mr. and .Mrs. John I..nn Tin Leun (above) were married yesterday at the Church of St. Joseph's. Singapore. Thr bride is the former Miss Win- nic Constance Oliveriro I Straits Times picture
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    NOW THE FLOODS
    111 3 Hundreds of homes hit in southern England LONDON. Monday. \THAW rnded the two-week-old frreze in parts of Britain today and brought instead an "ordeal by water." In southern England, hundreds of homes were flooded \>y burst pipes and melting now and we Hooded many areas of farmland.
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    Rhee's threat discounted
    81 3 WASHINGTON. Mon.—Gen- eral John Hull, the United Na- tions Commander In Korea. will arrive in Washington for routine discussions. A defence spokesman discounted a report that the United Nations Command was concerned at an alleged threat by President Syngman Rhee of South Korea to seize a tungsten-rich
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    Gas kills miners
    20 3 SAPPORE. Mon. Eight Japanese coal miners were killed today when gas exploded and trapped them underground. AP.
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    Saigon scare
    26 3 SAIGON. Mon. A smallpox rpidrmlc has rlaimrd at lrast 50 lives in Saigon. Thn authorities arc urging that the population should be vaccinated.— AP.
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    Germ warfare plan fails
    49 3 WASHINGTON. Mon— The U.S. Defence Department's efforts to induce private industry to run its germ warfare plants have failed, it was learned here. The only firm which had indicated interest told the department that it has decided against taking a contract, informed sources said.— AP.
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    Siam Chinese too back this
    49 3 BANGKOK. Mon. Slam's Chinese community heartily welcomes the prospect of having Dr. Lin Yu Tang as first Chancellor of Singapore's Nanyang University. They said it would attract a number of young peoole at present seeking to go to Red China for a university education.—A.P.
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      288 3 SINGAPORE DIARY Virtoria Memorial Hall:. Mr. yrars 3 p.m.. se\en to ten years 3.45 Association: Orchestra rehearsal. c h tr p.m.; rookii.f clais— fprlnc rnlK 36 Duxton Hill. 7.30 pm. Goh Soen Tloes .string WSOMtn nd creampd bßmboo shno. S -4.30 Spore Coum-il for Adult Edurawith Maurice Clare— matinee tor
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    Black Pepper from Sarawak
    66 4 Biack pepper berries are spread out on rota. mats to dry in the sun. and are turned con ttantly to ensure eve" treatment. I hrce !eg;cd lad dcrs arc used t vesting berries t'rv.r onnot be reached from thi> ground. Experiments have started to sec if
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    White or black it's high quality stuff
    479 4 U'HETHER hungry hands roach for pepper to sprinkle it on Malay sayor ayer. Chinese steamed fish. Japanese begedil. or American chicken soup, the chances are good that it comes fnm Sarawak where one of the high quality peppers of the world is produced.
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      103 4 Across the Far East ou ore assured of '*ftf^\ fast comfortable journeys <? rcjy^fl 4 engined 'Skymaster' 4>«Ruk3iJl aircraft crewed by British jBS§BSn» pilots who have travelled "A more than 40.000,000 pas- ,J& senger miles with one of >'V~ jftu the finest punctuality records in the Far East. trk^K The
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    'NATURAL RUBBER CAN BEAT SYNTHETIC'
    761 5 But Government must help Hay JHE natural rubber industry will to a large extent adapt itself to changed conditions, will offer effective competition to synthetic rubber and will develop confidence in its own competence and efficiency rather than look for relief from "miraculous" unsound schemes,
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    Soft drink factory
    131 5 I A HONG KONG importer 3" and exporter who 2 arrived in Singapore on 5 Thursday plans to enter the Colony's already com- petitive soft drink trade. He is Mr. Joseph aged 42, V who with local businessmen. intends to set up a factory "as soon as
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    Wanted: An expert to go on saving
    101 5 Wanted: An expert to go on saving SINGAPORE Government's Organisation Consultants who have been streamlining Government's working system, are expected to complete (heir work at the end of this year. But that does not mean that there will b« no further improvements in the various government departments. The Government has
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    Electronic brain saves 1,000 hours
    182 5 Electronic brain saves 1 ,000 hours AN "electronic brain" 1 capable of doinu 14.000 mathematical opei rations a second has passed its first commercial I bank test at Washington DC. Asked to figure out a bank cost analysis for the National City Bank, the 1.8.M "701" computer came up with
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      $100,000 for new bar
      92 5 Till Mnnii ii Bar and Restaurant in Orchard Road. Singapore, which closed in December has been bought for over $55,000 and re-opens under the new management on March 1. Mr. Foo Tee Kong. Managing Director of the Company, which has purchased the business said restaurant would
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      EVEREST WATCH FOR SOUTH POLE
      213 5 RTCHES similar to those used in the ascent of Everest in 1953 are being carried by the Austraexpedition to the Antarctic which is setting up a irch station in Macßobertson Land. Led by bearded Philip G. Law, director of the Antarctic Division of Australians External
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    Ban applies to many of these orders
    83 5 Ban applies to many of these orders LONDON. Mon. British industrialists artpessimistic about their chances of being allowed to accept many of the orders Russia announced she is prepared to place in Britain. Many of the items on the list issued to 40 British businessmen visiting Moscow were banned as
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    Synthetic rice in Japan
    112 5 TOKYO, Mon.— A synthetic rice, composed of various combinations of wheat flour. potato starch, and natural j rice in powdered form, is being produced in Japan on a small commercial sca'.e. Hong Kong manager of the National Cash Register Company, who has arrived in Singapore to
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    Indonesia trade talks
    216 5 The Singapore Trade Advisory Committee will meet on Thursday to review the prospects of resuming large-scale trade with Indonesia and the effects a possible dumping of Japanese goods would have on the Colony. An Indonesian delegation is expected in Singapore shortly to complete the draft of a
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    GIFT FOR DIRECTOR
    64 5 MX HO (lI IN HIAT. (left) MaaaCtßf Director of Trek Huat A Co.. Ltd.. Sineaporr distributors of Lifeguard Milk products for over !8 years was presented with a silver eiyarettc MM l>y Mr C. O. L. SalveM-n. Manager for Mala\.i on behalf of the Directors of Lifeguard
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    New record in textiles
    59 5 ACCORDING to the Press /V Trust of India a record figure of nearly 80 million yards of India cotton textiles was passed for shipment abroad in January 1954. This figure does not include the quantity passed for shipment during the last two weeks Of January from
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    DEATH
    15 6 FLOYD Margaret Anna belov« %ife of Wall Londoi 4-2-.54 Orete Darlinc R«st in Peace
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    50 6 it Hurrf. Sin i minimum) MRS O MnDer thanks all tho» who attend ?d the funeral of th< tier. MX AND MRS I (v>n B Fernan dez and family thank all oui relations and friends who sem flowers, expressed Condolence am attended the Funeral of our lo\ln« son Gerald
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Tuesday Feb. 9, 1954. Future of Rubber
    702 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Tuesday Feb. 9, 1954. Future of Rubber It is possible to disagree with I Mr. Warren Lockwood's belief! that the price of rubber will recover later this year without subtracting materially from the optimism with which he views j the industry's future. Thej Americans will not
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    China Conference
    384 6 Yesterday the four Foreign Ministers, meeting in Berlin, went into secret session to discuss the Russian appeal for a disarmament conference and the inclusion of Communist i China in five power talks to rase international tension. It is the first secret session since the talks began two weeks
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    Backward Borneo
    254 6 For using a water mill instead of pounding the rice by j hand, a North Bomean miller' found himself in a magistrate's; court. He was fined $300. It w 11 be news to those who are not I residents of the strange and backward colony of North Borneo
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    Ghost of Beria leaves a query Kremlin
    850 6 Ghost of Beria leaves a query Kremlin HISTORY does not repeat itself, at any rate in the Soviet Union. It has proved impossible to stage a new version of that ghastly performance, the prewar Moscow trial. The Beria "trial" had to be conducted with the curtain down. A communique was
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    'A greater nuisance'
    101 6 THE LETTER from Anti- Cracker, is from someone who. apparently, has not experienced the greater nuisance. If he lived in the vicinity of the Singapore Turf Club, as does one of my relatives, his me would be made intolerable by the siren from the REME workshops at
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      493 6 4LTHOUGH there are vast and innumerable facilities for developing Port Dickson. an attractive little coastal town, apparently very little has been done and no visible plans seem to be afoot to do anything in the near future. The peculiarity of the administration of Port
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      COASTAL TRADE
      417 6 yOUR editorial on Malaya's little ports is most timely, and very much to the point. I much prefer your second i suggestion of dealing with this I problem, viz.. that it is a real j job of work for planning on a j national seale in preierence to
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      216 6 have just enme away 1 from watching a celebration of Federation Day by a thousand or so Seremban school childen, including some scouts, girl guides and members of St. John's Ambulance i The rally was impres-sive and I the sight colourful, but the I success of the
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    251 6 On the Margin Words.. .words I dislike the tend word original So I think the mando, which service troops, s] ly NOT be used at the new instill the q i ship in young V first, of the will be In i like tr! know them. Thrr in tlii ii.iiii'
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    MPs' HELP SOUGHT TO SAVE THE BADMINTON HALL
    340 7 MPs HELP SOUGHT TO SAVE THE BADMINTON HALL $600,000 debt may force liquidation [AMENTARY help is being sought in a Icsperate bid to get financial aid from (iovernfor tho $1,000,000 Singapore Badminton which is facing possible liquidation. sldeni of the" Singapore Badminton Mr. Lim Chuan Geok, who is now in
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    41 7 Mechanical brains' in S' pore show Hinting 5250.000 emlses ipor< Aa v Mr imerican -purxpenslve priced at i ek ;,1 in inn rot] will go to i and I p.d •nd of the tour the ij return to Malan Kuala Lumpur.
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    11 7 -Two turthe bi-ds from Tclok Lanchang <-end.
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    Power expert
    26 7 IPOH. Mon.— Dr. F. Biaggi P.nver Consultant to the Inr<rnational Bank Mission now it: tho Federation, arrived here this morning for a threeiay visit.
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    19 OFF TO 'COLOMBO' TRAINING
    208 7 I VJINETEEN of the 22 Singall pore students nominated by the City Council for technical training In Australia on Colombo Plan scholarships, left by air yesterday. Their courses will last four and five years. Mr. Daniel Sng Ewe Koan is already in Australia and Mr.
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    Newsman's wife hurt in crash
    62 7 Mrs Nancy Tan. wife of Mr S. H. Tan. of the editorial staff of the Malay Mail. Kuala Lumpur, was taken to Segamat Hospital with serious injuries after a motor accident near Sogamat yesterday. Mr Tan was unhurt. Their buby wti slightly injured. They were
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    59 7 THE FINANCIAL SEC RETARY uf the Federation of Malaya. Mr E liimsworth r.ads a Mesnff <>f thanks to the Sultan of Brunei for his country's $40 million loan to the Federation With .Mr. Himsworth went the Member for Agriculture. Teiigku Yaaeob. and Keeper of the Rulers' .Seal.
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    FLYING TO UNIVERSITY
    92 7 HERE are the 19 Singapore students who left by air for Australia yesterday to study under the olombo Plan. Front row. from left: Messrs. Khor Teik Hean. Fon K Siew \Vah. Boon Kwong Kan. Raymond V. Nicholas. Tay Sin Van. Ronald Tan. A. J. Elisha. Back row-
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    SPORE TO START POSTER WAR ON DIPHTHERIA
    340 7 SPORE TO START POSTER WAR ON DIPHTHERIA Two-week campaign planned munisation rate so far recorded." Publk Relations address vans will tour the rural districts, disributing pamphlets to villagers, and advising them to have their children Immunised. School teachers explain n> their pupils all about diphtheria from notes Issued by the
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    Indian builders
    19 7 Indian contractors in Singapore are to form an association to promote their welfare and safeguard their interests.
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    'Sutton Boys': Govt. gives assurance
    248 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. THE Federation Governments Secretary for Defence. Mr. A. P. Humphrey, said today that everything possible was being done to re-settle the "Sutton Boys." This was the name given to young men in the Federation who were called up for two years' national
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    The respectable Govt. pensioner
    337 7 The respectable Govt. pensioner A MAN charged with vagrancy yesterday told the magistrate, Mr. D. H. Chapman, in the Singapore Fifth Police Court that he was a respectable government pensioner. The man. Hock Yong. wa> found early on Sunday wandering and lodging on a five- toot way in New Mark-
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    Club officials
    31 7 Officials of the f?in<*apore Y.W.C.A's Square Dance Club for the year are President, Mr Chua Peng Eng. vice-president: Mr. V. Rajaratnam; secretary. Inche Othman; treasurer: Miss Chua Geok Kirn.
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    MCA wants new head for RIDA
    137 7 KUALA LUMPUR Mon DEMANDS Mr the replacement of Dat'i Sir Onn bin Ja'afar aa chairman of the Rural and Industrial Development Authority are made in the lati Issue ol the "Malayan Mirror." the official organ of the Malayan Chinese Association. In an article, the
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    Cafe man fined on tax charges
    39 7 John Willie Lim. former owner Ol the Monico Cafe in Orchard Road, was fined $600 in the Singapore City Police Court t not making returns <>t his income for 1949 1950 and 1951
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    MEMORIAL TO 20,000 HEROES AT KRANJI
    175 7 Others to be honoured soon KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. IfINAL arrangements for the permanent commemorr ation of men who died in the defence of Malaya during the Japanese invasion and later as prisoners of war are expected to be carried through by the end of
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    Postman given $3,000 bail
    47 7 BUTTERWORTH. Mon.— N. Btherajoo, a Ta.s.sek (Motor postman, today pleaded guilty to three charges of misappro- j priating registered po-stal articles. He claimed trial to five other similar charges. The case m fixed for mention on Thursday. Bail of S3 000 was granted.
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    Housebreaking is alleged
    41 7 BUTTERWORTH. Mon Patrick Joseph. 18, and Lo ■we Hock, 17 who were alleg- ed to have entered the home of Rev. Father Ashne.ss. claimed trial today to housebreaki»n alternatively to stealing $362 80 They were remanded until SaturcTav.
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    THIS SERVICE TO BORNEO ILLEGAL, TRIBUNAL TOLD
    384 7 Malayan Airways accused VIALAYAN Airways are operating an illegal and iTI unlicensed servue to Borneo, the Air Transport Licens 5 n* Authority was told in Singapore yesterday. The tribunal was also told that the 'agreement, between Malayan Airways and tho Governments of Singapore
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    Drunken driving: gaoled
    83 7 I A car driven by Ong Bonn \l\ King. 34. collided with (another In Ampang Road Kuala Lumpur, on New Year".; eve. the Sessions Court here was told today. On<,- who pleaded guilty driving under the influence drink, was sent to gaol fo- three months. For Ong
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      117 7 Don't accelerate fiercely Ever rubbed the skin off you? hands coming down a rope too quickly? •hat s what you do to a tyre tread when you try to beat the other fellow gcMing away from traffic •'ghts. Seared rubber it wasted tyre mileage. For safety, smooth riding and long
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    They sought the North Pole-and died one by one
    1823 8 They sought the North Pole-and died one by one IN October, 1881, two hunters scouting the shores of far northern Siberia where the Lena River empties into the Arctic Ocean stumbled on two human scarecrows. The men were staggering with fatigue, frostbitten and wasted almost to skeletons. They gabbled excitedly
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    WHAT A LIFE
    410 9  -  Christine MONDAY Mminal busf md thing them ev< ry morn- mdi r •lalt rminß pri f"lk wh<> had nothing .ill day th< paper? an Hr II M>\\ \H toddled off hr rwk C,nor. work ;n Can I string the mummjr? a to hmvt n n' pm* far
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    TOO OLD AT 32?
    59 9 I) liar action. V'-.irtlvr ap- .'j.-ant rasr>n.sitinn. it, neatness. and ability to meet and serve do not acree he Americana that a stewardess L* too old at 32. European Airways ■a .irr>.s.>o.«. Stela] said: "We have sks In thrir in ;pper ace on joinine. but the
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    Spring dress —new style
    50 9 Spring dress new style NO. U i-ii t i ...at. Ifs spring drc-s Tho niateri.il ii»i-d im irfcltc bainin lined with tailv roloured print hirh nrinn into view ;i« thi mm -.teps out. The rlri'v^ is rlrsinneri by Flizaheth .lames of Ireland and i» worn by London model Margarrt Gibson.
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    How to be happy —married to a GENIUS
    925 9 How to be happy —married to a GENIUS EILEEN ASCROFT looks at the problem brought to London by a newly-married bride LIOW easy is it to marry gpnius and stay married Impossible, according to film star Rita Hayworth, who had four years and a daughter with Hollywooc bright, boy. Orson
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    SIX EXERCISES TO HELP BABY
    299 9  -  SISTER CLARK H\ l\ MALAYA, we often fail lo ensure lhaj baby is given sufficient exercise. We give him his short daily sun-bath, hut after he is bnlhcd and powdered we naturally tend to keep him as cool as possible. Quito richt. of course, but
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    He's here with latest models
    50 9 Mr. S.E. Von Lehn. general manager of Singer Sewing Machine Co. flew into Singapore from London yesterday tn introduce the firm's latest machines in Malaya and other countries nf South-east Asia. After five days in the Colony he will fly on to Indonesia and Australia.
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      113 9 Mat Donald Johnson i »(Si«i«p»» Here"? q f.ne trio of young- i sHT X^i^&t^&t^H^l »tera' Healthy, happy «rul just |J^P/^^HBRhP^''* full of beans ami no wonder. i^kw Jk^k\ Hr^^Rl^HH Their parents wisely put them -Jr <%mWr >'* on to LAOTOGEN uhen the 9P^ m time came round for artificial S^
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      144 9 W 0 jfl Prestoi PRESTO washes everythinq 1 Dirt and grease disappear lil<.-> ma^ic when you put a few drops of PRESTO in Iho washing water. See how dishes, tiles sperlde. W^fe. flave)Ur Mt^l V&MWT*i OF THE grf™ NEW FORMULA I pan a M TOOTH PASTE ♦|ys FOAMIER! now »iso
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      248 9 Straits Times Crossword ZIZIZIZ2__ZZZIZ 24 Z^ZJZBZ^Z^Z^Z ■Pm m in n i1 Ba ACROSS hurt (T). i. Racketeer on p.e-sure ben« JJg"-^ SSSAfI.?' FT ,ia, conuiner, or la. pres- ">• g-.^ ft BSs&sUk cr, ft ln lI n e nor O nf < "rueT-r i r nßly I Climber' leaves hU
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    BETTER TONE CONTINUES ON SHARE MARKET
    348 10 INDUSTRIALS ARE FIRM SINGAPORE Share market continued its better tone i when business resumed after the week end, yester- I day. and there was a continued improvement in industrials with a slightly increased turnover. Industrial shares for which final accounts are expected in April
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    Rubber output
    49 10 Rubber outputs in January for the following companies were- Amalgamated Malay Estates Ltd 65.500 lb Boroil! Rubber Co. Ltd. 78.000 lb. Connerrara Ltd. 54.600 lb. New Serendah Rubber Co. Ltd. 61. 000 lb. Basset t Rubber Co Ltd 31.600 lb and Kuala Siddr Rubber Co. 100.916 lb.
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    Takuapa tin
    19 10 The Takuapa Val!'\v Tin Drrdging in January worked 255.000 rubic yards and wor 672 piculs of ore.
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    Brokers report
    267 10 The Malayan Share Brokers' Association said "There was a general improvement in industrials with a slightly better turnover. Tins were ir.■egular Members reported the fol.owing business done after 4 n.m on Friday and on Saturday morning: Fraser and Neave ords S2 Gammon 52.98> 2 -$3.05: Henry Wauch $2
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    Australian stocks
    148 10 The M?rket was steady Sales were small and same minor falls wan recorded in leading issue* Bonds and mmmc share nere tile. Closing quotations of selected slocks today compared with yester--1 day were: In.rp.r. in.i6.i3 £94 13 S -3 9 3 1 < 1 9.">R 58 £96 0
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    Tin Price
    17 10 The price of tin in Singapore yesterday was declared at |NS a pi<ul. up S!.
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    RUBBER PRICES
    177 10 Rubber IoM '.hn-v quarters ol 1 a cent on UM Binsapor< Ket yesterday and nrst 1 closed last night *t 54 3/8 a lb. Tne price sagged otT gradually on a selling movement iro.n up country. There was tome and trade Interest but not enough to ho.d the
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    71 10 Sinsapore Chinese Produre Exchange: Noon prices ier picul Copra: very quiet: February ,and March S4O« 2 buyers. $40 4 sellers; Cocoanut oil- very ouiet: $66> 2 sellers. Pepper \frv quiet, unchanger: tok White $345. Sarawak $3!0 Lwrnpono biack $300 Lewis and Peat: C'osinprices Copra: very quiet; Februa -v
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    Exchange rates
    134 10 'F Malayan Exchan^ Banks Association madf the following changes in It* rates to merchants yester<i;i NEW YORK: buying T T 32 7 8 airmail. O. D 33 on days 33 1 8 credit bills. 33 3 IS trade bKLs CANADA: buying T T. 31 7 8 airmail. O
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    54 10 Russian offers surprise Britons LONi Indu radio las Russia h.ir oi.s Impn In an said thai KiPL buy imprc. sion very d(>ed fri Long I Disci; term ir good in manj world Br:- I norm illj Unit' marex: tradMr Scott >nn i cal mar. p.tn-. li hospil busini A further
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    Better business prophesied
    16 10 MIAMI BF.V Labour Mr J told the Ami i Of Lab i norry
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    ASIAN EXPORTS EARNED LESS
    211 10 BANGKOK M" i I'XITED Nations economic review ol \m.» here yesterday said that "problems of adjustmei were caused in 1953 by lower earnings of exports a the need for economic progress The annual survey Economic Commission Asia and the Far East said thi effects of the
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    Foreign Aid For India
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    15 10 turns Ltd. 617 nrf recoi i Kumbarif I and 65i* p
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    588 12 Thrills galore in 'sevens' rugger SIGNALS PUT OUT THE S.H.B. !>LKSSEI) WITH dry weather that made conditions ideal for fast, open play, the annual Singapore seven-a-side rugby knockout competition had a t h rill ing start yesterday on the Padang when three firstround matches were played off. Keenest game was
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    This is a Challenge to Malaya
    281 12 This is a Challenge to Mal aya BY THE SPORT EDITOR rI)AY Singapore welcomes a team of hockey players i from India, the country which won the world championship at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 1928 and has held it ever since. Six member* of the visiting team,
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    N. JOHORE LOSE 55-0
    81 12 j KUALA I.rMPUR. Mas. Selaneor Club swanrned North Johor»> by 55 points I to nil in their ruebv match 1 1 on the Padane yesterday. North Johore were unfor- tunate to lose Henry with a brok'-n ankle and McDonald 1 with a dislocated shoulder early in
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    S.C.C. TRIAL
    63 12 The Singapore Cricket Club will hold its first soccer trial of the season at the F N around. River Vallay Road today. The fol'owing are asked to turn up: A. Wood. Lloyd. Hamilton. Divirlson. Van Oyen. Mathot. Muir-Bcnton. Rnhan. Guthrie. Macdonald. van der Meiy. ■ILagerberg. R. Smith. Wilson.
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    Mrs. Checkett loses
    32 12 MANILA. Mon— Singapore's only entry in the Asian ten- nis championships now being played here. Mrs. C. Checkett. was beaten in the quarter- finals of the women's singles. -AP.
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    S.A.F.A. lost 3 out of 4
    93 12 The Singapore A.F.A. touring team, which returned yesterday from a six-day visit to Saigon, lost three of the four matches they played. They lost 2-1 to Saigon Po- ice- 6 1 to the Vietnam League champions. A.J.S. 7—2 to a Vietnam XI: and beat
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    BREAKS LEG
    74 12 KUALA LUMPUR Mo n Jock Dudgeon, outside left ol 848 Royal Navy Air Squadron broke hi* right log in a aocc t game against 194 Royal Air i Force on the Bnckfieids P;i- < dang today. An Army ambu-t< lance took h:m to hospital. The match was abadnoned
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    IHF WILL PLAY 3 GAMES AT IPOH
    144 12 ■THF PER.XX Hockey Association today finalised plans for the visit of the Indian Hockey' Federation team. It announced that in addition to th? two games originally arranged, the tourists w.l Dlay a third game at Ipoh against North Malaya, or Feb. 28. The
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    1007 12 P W D L F A Pt.s West Brom. 29 18 6 5 71 37 *2 Wolves 29 18 5 6 68 41 41 Bolton 29 14 9 6 56 39 37 Hnddersfld. 29 13 10 6 51 30 36 Burnley 29 17 2 10 61
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    SINGAPORE WILL HAVE ITS BEST XI v. INDIANS
    201 12 SINGAPORE WILL HAVE ITS BEST XI v. INDIANS SINGAPORE'S hockey selectors met alter th trial on the S.K.C. padanji jresterda] and dI team of nine players from Colours, one itom v-{* and R. Barth to meet the visiting In. l Federation at Jalan Besar stadium on II The toam will
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    Singapore given a hard game
    300 12 THE Singapore team had beat Whites 5-3 in a i yesterday. There was poor understand- ing i nthe Colony side, and it 1 was only the brilliance of Sheikh Mansoor. Coutts. Vellupillai and Pennefather that save them from defeat. The Whites, on the other hand,
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    29 12 IPOH 'I m I The 22 playi Aziz. T H ri. Ismai] Gi. 'Back. t. Thl Yoon, G M Ahmar Kirn Fonc. N 1
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    29 12 IPOH. Mon— A ten-B i Malay team scored a I—l tory over Perak Chinese RpI creation Club in the Ipoh I knockout hockey temi-l I today
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    26 12 MALACCA I the secoi I thr annual hock' I Sela: scoreli Sembilan and 9-0. In I held N I 1 I N
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